Edward Thomason:  

Dear Friends, It is strange speaking to many I have not seen in over forty years. However, I haven't forgotten many of you though I only went to school with you for three years. After high school I joined the Navy and served on two ships the last of which was an aircraft carrier in Vietnam. I got out of the navy in 1968, returned to Colfax and married Kathleen Nuckles in Dec. of that year. We built a home in Colfax had three children, Crystal, 1970, Jason 1972 and william in 1978. I finished Bible College one month after Will was born. We moved to Smithfield, NC where we worked on starting a church for seven years. In 1986 we moved to Raleigh and worked in Friendship Christian School. In 1990 I went with Metlife and Kat started working for State Employees Credit Union. I started Christian Stewardship Ministries, which I use to help Independent Churches, Christian Schools and Bible Colleges establish Bible based compensation packages for their employees. In 1996 I helped establish North Raleigh Christian Academy in Raleigh, NC. We started with 400 students and no money and using a Southern Baptist Church for classrooms until we could get our own. God miraculously laid it on one parent's heart to write a check for $33 million dollars because God told him to "build this school". Today we own 40 acres of land with a school with ...Expand for more